Leg-rest.



PATENTED APR. 18, 1905. G. KELLY.

LEG REST.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 21. 1903. RENEWED MA'R. 6.1905.

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Patented April 18, 1905.

GEORGE KELLY, or MYINERALFPOINT, WISCONSIN.

LEG-REST.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 787,677, dated April 18,1905.

Application filed July 21, 1903. Renewed March 6, 1905. Serial No.248,659-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mineralpoint, in the county of Iowa and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Leg- Rest, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of leg-restsemployed in connection with rocking-chairs.

The object is to provide a combination structure that will constitute acomfortable rest and may be employed in connection with an ordinaryrocking-chair, necessarily accommodating itself to the motion of thesame and acting in unison therewith.

A still further object is to provide a rest the elements of which may bedisassociated when not in use, so that one will constitute a receiver ofgeneral utility for papers and similar articles ordinarily employed by aperson lounging in an' easy-chair. V

The construction which at present is considered preferable isillustrated in the accom panying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved rest, showing the same applied to achair. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, the leg-supporting memberbeing shown in section. Fig. 3 is avertical'longitudinal section,!andFig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the pivot-rod.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

In the embodiment illustrated a rockerframe is employed comprisingspaced rockers 10, carrying upstanding spaced standards 11, saidstandards and rockers being connected by braces 12 and the standardsbeing also connected at their lower ends by a cross-bar 13. Aleg-supporting member in the form of a platform 14 is pivoted betweenits ends to andbetween the standards. This pivotal connecembracing therod. The supporting member is preferably upholstered at one end, asshown at 19, though the upholstering may extend the entire length or bedispensed with, asdesired. Said upholstered end is contracted, asillustrated, and is connected by means of a hinge 20 with the projectingcontracted neck 21 of a supplemental seat 22, constructed to be placedwithin any ordinary chair, upon the seat thereof. 1

The upper end of the' frame is provided with a holder or receiver forpapers and the like, said holder comprising a receptacle 23, the endwalls of which are formed by the upper ends of the standards 11. Thisreceptacle has an open side adapted to be closed by a cover 24, openingtoward the supplemental seat and hinged to the lower portion of thereceptacle. The outward movement of said cover is limited by suitablestraps 25, and a latch 26 is adapted to hold it in closed relation.

. The use of the structure as a rest will be clearly understood byreference to Fig. 1. The supplemental seat 22 is placed upon theordinary seat of a rocking-chair and the occupant, sitting thereon, willhold said chair and rest in fixed relation, the legs being placed uponthe supporting member. The chair can therefore be rocked and the supportwill move in unison, so as not to interfere with the motion, therebyconstituting a comfortable rest. 'Papers or other articles can be placedin the holder in convenient reach of the occupant. When not in use, thesupporting member and supplemental seat may be detached from the frameand the holder employed as a complete article of manufacture by itself.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be ap may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a leg-rest, the combination with a frame comprising rockers,standards mounted on the rockers, and connections between the standards,of a leg-supporting member pivotally connected with the standards, andmeans hingedly connected to the leg-supporting member and arranged to befrictionally supported on a chair for connecting such chair andleg-supporting member.

2. In a leg-rest, the combination with a legsupporting member, of amovable support for the member, means for adjustably connecting themember and the support, and means hingedly connected to the legsupporting member and arranged to be frictionally supported on a chairfor connecting such chair and leg-supporting member.

3. In a leg-rest, the combination with a movable support, of aleg-supporting member having a vertical adjustment on the support, and aseat member hingedly connected to the leg-supporting member and arrangedto be placed upon a chair-seat.

4:. In a leg-rest, the combination with a frame comprising rockerscarrying spaced upright standards, of a cross-bar extending completelyacross the spacebetween and having its opposite ends adjustably mountedon the standards, a leg-supporting platform pivfor detachably connectingthe leg-supporting U member to an ordinary chair, said means comprisinga seat member that detachably rests upon the usual chair-seat.

7 In a leg-rest, the combination with a legsupporting platform, of arocker-frame having a pivotal connection with the platform, and meansfor detachably connecting the legsupporting member to an ordinaryrockingohair, said means comprising a seat element that detachably restsupon the usual chairseat and is hinged to one end of thesupporting-platform.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE KELLY.

Witnesses:

PHIL. ALLEN, J r., FRANK E. HANSCOM.

